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Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
For the Smyrna Times.
CLAYTON Locals.


An act to incorporate the town now
before the Legislature is meeting with
some opposition, among the people,
owing to the fact that petition was not
circulated around among the residents
They claim that they do not know in
what manner it is to he done, but the
most of the public are in favor of being
Incorporated, provided that it will not
raise taxes too high. After we get to be
a town, perhaps, we can have II like
appearance, graded streets and street
lamps. We also need a Justice of the
Peace; and it maybe that we can have
better order. on Saturday evenings es-
pecially. If there are any arrests made
we have to carry the case to KentOn,
which is a great deal Of trouble.
There is also a petition circulating the
rounds, asking the Legislature the pIivi
lege of borrowing enough money to re-
| build or enlarge the schOOhOuse The
| building as it now is, is entirely too small
to accommodate the children, and as we
need a more graded school and two teach
ers, we hope the same will be granted
1t is rumOred the basket factory, which
has been idle for several seasons past, has
been rented by a party from Aberdeen,
! Md, for canning establishment, and a
contract for 30 or 40 acres Of tomatoes has
been signed by the farmers of the neigh
borhOOd, and it is also said that they
would like to have more. They say that
they intend canning all kinds of fruit.
As this is the season when great
many changes of homes are made, | note
the following; The postoflice moves to
the house recently built by j. S. Casper
son, Postmaster, on the opposite side Of
the trac'i, the vacated house being taken
by Mr.. Phillips, the barber, Mr.. p. is fol
lowed by James Numbers G. A. Brown
moves to the new house of John Perkins
and is followed by d. w. Jones from a
farm near Blackstone Cross Roads, lie
being followed by Charles Raughley, of
Smyrna. Il. NJ. Gray. In the MayhOOd
property, moves to Centreyille followed
by J. B. Book, of Wilmington James
Dugan moved to Wilmington, followed
by A. Wallen, of Smyrna. Mr.. lIamil
ton takes the house heretofore occupied
by Samuel CHM, Mr.. H. being followed
by John Hackett from his farm, who is
followed by AlOnzO Jones. Garrett Red
nan moves to farm near Green Spring
he in turn is followed by Harry Collins
he by Thomas Timnis, and he by Doug.
lass COverdale, of Smyrna. Samuel
Pinder moves to one of Mr.. McCOnaughy'
houses by the sohOOlhOus6. Daniel Wells,
of Smyrna. moves to his new house
Robert Getty, OF Smyrna, TO one of th'
houses near the round house
The engine of train No. % broke dowr
yesterday morning, near MOortOn. But
as we have an extra engine here, it wa
at once sent to her aid, and after thu
train got to Clayton and dispensed will
her broken engine, Tanner sailed out a
: if he would like to make up all lost time
1t is not often that you hear ofa family
who turns out two Of the leading pOlitica
= men of the day, yet we have one who ha
a Grover Cleveland and James Blaine.
The Good Templars intend holding
public meeting on Thursday evening
/, March 4th, to consist of speaking inter
/. spersed with singing and recilations
g QUACK.
CLAYTON, DEL. March 1st, '97.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02

The death of Judge WOOtten though
he had reached the ripe age of 50 years,
came as those things always do, with a
surprise. But few men attain the
age of four score with faculties and
health 50 unimpaired as has been the
case with him. lie had been mem
Der of the bar 81 years, forty of this an
Associate Justice of the Courts. He was
man OfgOod natural endowments, clear
judgement on legal points, popular
with the members of the bar socially,
but belonged to the "old school" of
judges aud politicians, with moral per-
ceptiOns on the plain of the latter, and
hence an obstructionist rather than a
refOrmer, where the reform idea now
agitating the public came before him.
The subject of filling his place is one
that will doubtless agitate the legal
mind of the state until Gov. Biggs shalt
have appointed his successor.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
Business Change.

Geo. NJ. Stevenson, the foreman of
this Office, having gone into another
business as announced some months
ago to 60 into effect on the 1st of March,
has entered upon his new business in
connection with Chas. b. PeregOy, as
successor to VIM. IL. Carr in the ice
cream and confectionery business, and
hence is no longer in charge of the
composing room of the TIMES office.
Mr.. Stevenson has been in the TIMES
Office for over sixteen years and had
become so identified with it that it
seems strange to find him anywhere
else, but a good business prospect was
offered and was accepted as a duty to
himself and the demands of growing
family. His management of the
mechanical duties of the office has ever
been with efficiency, skill and devO-
tion to its interests that has marked his
services with especial emphasis, and
while regretting the change, he carries
with him our best wishes i'm his new
business which we sincerely hope and
believe he will, with his haracteristiC
industry. make success. We might
add, that those persons who have been
in the habit Of consulting and leaving
with him their orders for printing, may
do 80 still, assured that such orders
will receive prompt attention Mt the
TINES office.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
For the Smyrna Times
Our Dover Letter.
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
DOVER. DEL. March ~

DOVER, DEL, March l, 1887.
Both Houses met Wednesday, after
a vacation of about a week, and pro-
ceeded to burden the statue books with
a lot of unwholesOme aud not wanted
laws. Any number of divorce, road,
incorporation and private bills are
before the solons, who of course will
dispose of them for the good of the gen
tie voter,
Representative Ware hus II bill in
relation to railroad insurance. 1t
is supposed to be aimed at the Della
ware Railroad, which established an
insurance bureau for the benefit of its
employees, a certain amount of whose
wages were kept back monthly by the
Company to pay their dues without
their consent or desire. OF course the
amount deducted from the wages of all
their hands was large and the interest
on the amOupt was useful to the com
pany, who made 1t u rule that y mem
ber leaving the employ of the railroad
would receive none of his money held
back, and il he did not agree to the pro-
pOsals he had to leave the employ of
Company. The bill makes a company
holding back an employees money, when
he desires to quit their service, liable
to fine of 81 600 If this bill is made
law it will be another addition to the
few laws of Delaware that benefit the
workman.
Several towns want to be lncOrpO-
rated and some have been. It is to be
hoped if incorporation will do anything
to enliven town that all the towns in
the State be granted bills of incorpOra-
tion Immediately.
Laurel and Hartly want new school
houses. In the latter place the prop
erty holders Ofthat town and section are
evenly divided in relation to the matter.
II seems a pity that such is the case,
as in matter of this kind there should
be perfect unanimity. Whether the
well wishes Of the community will be
successful remains TO be seen. but it is
thought they will, as the old fogies are
Q little in the minority. The trouble at
Laurel Ia regard to better educational
facilities is that the weather. class are
against q new school house, and that
will probably settle the matter.
The Standard Oil Company is trying
To get Q footing in this State under the
name of the Light, Heat and Power
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
New Advertisements.

THE attention of our readers is called
to the following new advertisements:
Plain Sentences-J. B. Cooper
Wilkes Patchen-James Simpson and
Geo. H. Cole.
Asparagus Roots For Sale-W. A.
Maupay.
ClOthing--A. G. Yates & Co.
Ice Cream, Confectionery, &c.-Ste-
vensOn & PeregOy.
ClOthing-Wanamaker & Brown.
Carpets, Oil Cloths, &c.-J. & J. Dob
son.
ClOthing-John Wanamaker.
Jewelry StOre-J. Frank Alice.
Merchant Tailoring Eichmann.
Lands-Chas. B. LambOrn.
Clothing-JOhn w. Diefendorf
Seed Potato Headquarters-T. G..
Davenport.
For Rent-W. NJ. Bell.
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, &c.-J. Y
Stewart.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02

OHERIFF'S SALE. 49,, r,,,onos 70
y BY virtue Of writ of NenGluoni! E q az the
Hotel of f. Thomas Clayton, IN thS .t,, aOSn "a
Smyrna, Duck Creek Hundred, Kent ". Cs. az, nf
State of Delaware, on SAIUkDHl 1I,5,, en1 :, saoi
March 1887, at o'clock, p. NJ, the iob0"H Ee"i
No. ALI that certain lot, piece Or rare, T,,CH q
ground, situated in the Town Of SmyTPG- =. ,ora
Creek Hundred, Kent County, State OF Le sFt1os ,s
bounded OH the northwest by lands
Beck. on the northeast 10y Fisher stF
southeast by lands Of George w. Cuu .
David J. Cummins and Oh the southwest
street Of said town, containing fifteen thousand
and sixty hve l5O6j) square feet of ground, more
or less; the improvements upon which are a twO-
story frame building used AS a carTalge shOp'
blacksmith shop ard other structures, and being
the same lot or parcel Of land and premises con-
veycd To tine said Lizzie T.. Beckett by George W.
CummnS aud Evelina NJ. his vile, by lndehtuTe
bearing date the sixth day Of March, A. d., lo34'
and recorded in the Recorders Office Ht Dover, III
Book o, Vol. 6, Page 90, where reference thereto
Will fully aud at large appear
No. 2.-Al that other lot of land situated on
Main street, in the TOWN Of Smyrna, Hundred,
County and SUITE aforesaid, adjoining the lana
Of VIM. Daniel, " -, land Of John i. Collins,
and other land and said 10 contain twelve thou
sand seven hundred aud fifty square feet of land
more or less: the Improvements upon which are
two-Slury dwelling house with back building
attached being the same lands and tenements
which Frances NJ. Dunn, late sheriff of Kent
County. conveyed by his indenture unto Lizzie L,
Beckett, wife Ol Joseph l.. Beckett aforesaid.
No 3.-AH that other lot Of land and premises
situated un Meth list street in the Town of
Smyrna, Hundred County and State aforesaid,
adjoining lands ui Vim. MunlOve aud other lands
and said To contain two thousand two hundred
and fifty square feet "f land, be the same more or
less, and which WaS conveyed to Lizzie =. Beckett
by Francis ". Dunn, late sheriff of Kent county
the Improvements upon which are twO-StOry
dwelling house, with shed kitchen attached.
No. All that certain lot piece or parcel OF
land, situated ON the corner of Methodist and
East streets IN the Town Of smyrna, Hundred,
County and state aforesaid, adjoining No. and
No. D. hereinbefure described. and containing two
thousand square feet of land more or less; the
Improvements are two story dwelling house
with Shed Kitchen attached
No. AL that certain piece or parcel Of land,
situated in East Street in the Town Of smyrna,
Hundred County and State aforesaid, adjoining
No. 1, and lands Of William ManlOve and lands
Of Thomas Lumm, and contains two thousand
and five hundred square feet of land, be the
same more or less the improvements upon
which IS one and "a half story dwelling house
with shed kitchen attached.
Seized and taken in execution as the property
of Joseph J.. Beckett and Lizzie =. Beckett, and
will be sold for cash. by
feb lG-3w JAMES G. ROBINSON late Sheriff.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
For Humanitarian. 70 Th,nL Oyer.


II any one will take the trouble to look
at facts as shown by statistics, it will be
found at once that there are four boys
needing the care of the state to one girl
This can be readily proved by the expe-
rience of all the societies above alluded to
ny the reports Of state schools elsewhere
and by records of the courts. rs there
are probably rs many girls rs boys horn
INTO the world, one naturally seeks q rca-
son for this state OF things, which is easily
found in the following clauses. First IN
case OF death or disaster to parents, friends
ana relatives are always more ready TO
take the girls than the boys.
Girls are more easily controlled. more
helpful in the house, and it is common
experience that when a family Is left deSt-
tute the neighbOrs will offer homes 10 the
girls while the boys are left TO shift for
themselves. Secondly, even in poor faml-
lies more safeguards are thrown about
girls.
"A mother who will let her small boy ~
or IL years spend his entire time ont oi
school and uptO Top. IN. lOafing about the
streets will keep the girl Of the same age
carefully at home, helping about the house
uhuer her own supervision, 50 that Whia
the boy becomes Q yagrant and she soon
loses control pf him, the girl grows W
haru working and respectable and nee"'
ing no outside care. Chicago Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
SAFE INVESTMENT.
So, $50 or $15.

If you have IS to invest
visit the Wilmington Clothing
House, 41G Market street. Select
a PantalOOn pattern and leave
your measure we know you will
make 20 per cent. on your invest
ment
If you have $40 to invest in a
sDring Overcoat we are certain we
can give you the best for the
money in this or any other city.
SIS will buy a Scotch CheviOt
Overcoat, full silk lined.
Mothers, we want you to see
our new styles of Children's
Suits for spring just received.
Young men, we have new styles
in for you to select from, made
from the newest designs of fabric
and cut in the height of fashion.
Suits for men of all sizes and
shapes, made in the best manner
possible. You can be suited by
making your selections from our
stock Of Suits.
Many inducements to offer in
heavy weights. Cut prices are
making sales. We need the room.
You save money to take the
goods.
Our $1.50 pantaloOns is a supe-
riOr garment for the price.
Ourgarments aremanufactured
exclusively for us by Wanamake1
q Brown, and we sell them at the
same prices and under the same
guarantee.
Our motto " IHe best goods for til,
ic0St money!
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
Henry II. stanton and His Son.

''Your great delight, when a little feT-
low 4 or years old, was to have him
make speeches to you he pretending that
You were judge and himself an adyo-
cate. He used to scat you on the piano
and then, with vehement gestures and
pirouettings, would argue the case. Not
one word Of the speech did you under
stand But you remained spellbound by
the passion that was displayed, by the de-
nOuncing of witnesses and opposing couu-
sci, by the laying down Of the law to the
judge-yOurself-and by appeals to the
iury-your older brothers, who were not
less amused than you were by the whole
performance. You never smiled nor took
your eyes off of him for ten minutes on
the stretch, when the court adjourned.
One day in your fathers absence tried
to amuse you in the same way, but | had
scarcely uttered two sentences when the
Judge cOolly clambered down from the
bench and walked off, whether because
moved by a masculine dislike of a feminine
advocate, or the comparatively lifeless
presentation of the case, l have never
learned to this day. never repeated the
humiliating experiment. - Elizabeth
CadY Stanton to Her Son.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
FOR RENT.

A large, new and attractive line
Of patterns can be seen in the
Carpet Salesrooms of J. 4 J.
DOBSON, 500, 81 and 8i3 Chest
nut Street. Philadelphia. Wiltons,
Velvets, Brussels, Tapestry Brus-
sells, Ingrains, Oil Cloths, Rugs,
&c. They still have some of those
$1.OO Moquettes and Csc. Tapestry
Brussels that have attracted so
muchnotice. Why buy anywhere
else and pay more for qualities
not as good? AS they retail the
carpets of their own manufacture,
go to them and save the interme-
diate profits which of course you
know must be made by the usual
dealers. mar 2-5w
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
LAWYERS OF ST. LOUIS.
How Do They All Mako a Living ?-wor
ing for "a Client.

"A p
ing for Client.
Ehere arc about 500 lawyers in tho cit,,
cs st. Louis 1t would appear. tbor,,S
5s5S!ng over the records of the courte
e thc legal business for 400, 900 pconIo
by about 100 men. The LAWYERS
nave the important cases in corr+
...-l easily be counted, and any one wall.
ing along the streets down town. seein,,
whole big buildings apparently filled wiz
lawyers, hearing lawyers signs crealin,,
everywhere, is struck with the Question,
GLOW do all these lawyers make a livincs-,
There are in the neighborhood of Zoo
lawyers in St. Louis who have apparcntI,,
no visible means of support. There arc
lawyers who draw large salaries from cor.
poratiOns who are comparatively nm
known; there are office lawyers whom mo
one hears of outside the profession. tbouoL
in it they have regulations greater than
the fellows who figure in the newspapers
These men are the ones who dclye aluop,,
the authorities and pick out the fine poipts
of law, and who trace back old laws and
ordinances to the beginning, that flaw
NAV be found. When they are foupd
some lawyer with Il reputation is given
them; they are sprung on the court like n
bOmbshell, and carried TO the higher courts
and dilated upon. Meanwhile the ola
turnover is digging and probing away for
other points, and the leading member If
the bar is leading a gay life and reaping
all the hOnOrs, his eXertiOn being no more
than reciting a lesson he has learned No
body ever hears Of the old John Burleys
the production of whose brains are stolen
by the Randall Leslies Of the bar, while
they are content to receive units Of the
hundreds Of dollars the others obtain in
fees.
There is then another class Of LAWYER.
who seem to hang out their signs and hav,
their cards printed for no other purpo..
than to get beyond the provisions Of the
vagrancy act. These are the dude LAWYERS
Young fellows who always have lounges
in their offices that they may turn in and
sleep upon if out too late to go home Il.
the fond parents, who pay their Office rent
@i1i--tsl-6 I'D St-e6 TncIn ii good clothes. Tlcy
never have a case in court, and wouldn't
know what to do with it if they got one
They spend their summers in going to
base ball games and steamboat excursions.
and their winters in billiard rooms or
roller rinks. Again, there are the poor
Young lawyers, who wear out their pants
waiting for clients who never come, and
their heads in hoping against hope, and
their minds in dreaming Of what they
would do in the event Of getting a case.-
! St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
To Exchange Goods for
Money.

We spread our sail while mon
ey is scarce. Low prices are de-
manded, and we shall continue to
offer our Goods at the very low
prices. BE careful about change
of dress during March, April and
May. Heavy Flannel Blankets,
Quilts, good warm Gloves and
Stockings are all needed. The
SpringmOnthsare the most trying
months upon your system. We
shall continue to offer our dark
Dress Goods, and at prices that
will pay you to buy. We Shall
continue to offer Blankets and
Quilts, and at prices that will pay
you to buy. We shall continue
to offer heavy Gloves ana Stock
ings, and at prices that will pay
you to buy. We shall continue
to offer in our Millinery Goods
Bargains. Just received beau
tiful line of Ladies' Kid Gloves.
Our stock of plain and striped
Velvetand Velveteen is quite full.
Our stock of Beaded Trimming
Moss and Fringe and lOoped
Trimmings we are offering below
regular prices. We have full
and complete stock of Dry Goods
and Trimmings. Don't delay.
Come at once and purchase the
Bargains. Respectfully,
j. /. STEWART,
DOVER, DEL
SPECIAL. GOATS aud Jerseys
we are selling very low.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
Monkeys. susceptibility to rear..

If monkeys are susceptible Of laughter
and of manifesting delight, they are also
capable of showing sorrow and Of weep
ing. Humboldt says the saimiri Of Peru
are extremely sensitive, and that at the
least cause of chag9in their eyes fill with
tears. 1t has been asserted, on the other
hand, that savages are incapable Of weep
ing. This assertion, according to Houzeau,
is cOntradicted by numerous observations.
HOttentOts have been seen to weep, a.
well as American Indians and the natives
of Tahiti However, the susceptibility 10
tears seems to diminish, pari passu, with
sociality and sensibility in tl,e human
family; per contra, real tears h..ve been
observed among dogs, deer and cazelles
Here another supposed Charact ,ristic Of
man disappears Howa., i'll Cos.
mODOlitan
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02

pastor of the NJ. E. Church of Milford.
He is a close student, a deep thinker, a
good reasoner, expresses himself we'll
and best of all is free from the detesta-
BILE bigOtry too often found in the minis
try, and which neutralizes its other
good influences. Mr.. Robinson's style
is not of those who would convert or
kill; but partakes more truly of the
real art of soul saving and Keeping
and persuasion with firmness and per-
sistent force, but not offensive. But it
is the misfortune of many of his au-
dience that they cannot fully appreci-
ate, though they may not dislike, his
intellectual and moral culture. Mil
ford NelUS.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
First Sten in Stock Raising.

A. i. Hudson who went to Ken
lucky last week to buy young stock
got home in the train Sunday night or
rather Monday morning, his son, A. L.
Hudson, Jr., expecting to arrive with
the animals to-day or tomorrow. The
places visited were, Paris and Lexing-
ton, KY, where he purchased from one
man twenty two mules, eighteen of
them one year old, a horse colt of
blooded stock and a young jack, the
latter costing $780, He also purchased
twenty bushels of the Kentucky blue
grass seed to sow on his St. Georges
farm where he intends placing this
young stock, which will be sowed as
soon as the seed arrive. the Kentucky
ans sowing it at any time of the year,
but pretering the Fall as a seeding time.
Mr.. Hudson says the soil of the Blue
Grass region looks very much like that
about st. Georges and he does not see
why this desirable grass will not grow
here as well as there. He says it has
no resemblance to the grass which
grows here that we call blue grass.
In all of his travels he has seen no
farming lands which have struck him so
favOrably as this section of Kentucky.
The principal business is in fine
ck,-blOOded horses, big mules, &c,
and he saw no horse that sold for less
than $4OO and from that up to $4,000,
the latter being at the old Henry Clay
farm near Lexington, which was visit
ed by the younger Mr.. HVdnITV
men nHanntE?.I and wHGs&nnU, Iasdn. The
.on are stalwart like
. =. , ,1lng else, scarcely meeting a
man who would not pull down the
scales at 200 pounds. The land is most
all down in grass and the men eat,
drink and are merry while the horses
and mules are growing into piles of
dollars. The young mules are allowed
to grow up with the same care as wes-
tern cattle on the plains, viz, by taking
care of themselves in cropping the
| fields. An immense stack of hay is
cut and put up out in the field from
which they feed at will, and have to
| depend on entirely when snow is on
| the ground, and it is under the caves
of this stack from where the hay has
been eaten that they take shelter and
the only shelter they have from the
/ SlOTIlS. Inc uOTS6S OI COURSE nave pet
ter care. A field well set in grass
does not need renewing for ten OF
twelve years. The bloOded horses are
mostly sold at public sale at the horse
market in Lexington, and the prices tC
a Delawarean seem fabulous. Mr.
Hudson has done good deal of think
ing lately on the line of the uncertain
ties of fruit and the low price of grain
the result of which was this visit to Ken
lucky and determination to try as al
experiment a transportation of thu
"Blue Grass region" and its easy me
thod of farming to a small spot in Della
ware. 1t will doubtless be watched
with a good deal of interest by mum
Der of farmers who cannot any da,
they want to, put several thousands o
dollars in their pocket and HE then
off to Kentucky or any where else t
put an idea or wish into practioa
effect
Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
MARRIAGES.
J. H. Primrose & Co.,
Real Estate Brokers and CSlastiHg Aglats.
MONEY TO LOAN.

The dwelling of c. Z. Anderson aud
house belonging to Mrs. E. E. Com
eggs in MiddletOwn were destroyed by
fire yesterday morning. The fire star
ted in the vacant building ofMrs. Com
eggs, cause unknown. Mrs. Comegv's
house was insured through A. G. Cox's
agency for $1,000. The property was
valued at $500 On Mrs. Davis's
household goods in the building there
was no insurance. aud the loss to this
lady is about $3.50. Mr., Anderson's
dwelling was valued at s., 500, on which
there were but 81 900 insurenoe. ''